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lordy, lordy, maya is 40

On February 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In kiddo life, mayalife

… and Sophie is seven.  Seven!  Forty!  How has this happened?

Luc helped with the wish-blowing.  Sophie had on a fabulous hat and a purple boa.  My mom made her wonderful cheesecake.  All this after a huge sushi feast with all the aunts and uncles and great-grandmothers, which I might have [...]

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animals everywhere

On October 27, 2010 · 3 Comments · In kiddo life

I caught this happening outside yesterday morning and ran to get the camera.

What are they doing?  Reenacting some animalistic cave-dweller scene?  It was very purposeful and ritualistic whatever it was.  It had lines and specific poses.  It had a soundtrack.

I can’t tell you how much I love eavesdropping on [...]

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birthdays of the future

On February 23, 2010 · 3 Comments · In kiddo life, mayalife

Yesterday I turned 39. Today, Sophie turns 6. Six years ago, she was, by far, the best birthday present I have ever gotten. Or probably ever will.

But wow, hey, forty is looming, right? 364 days away. A friend asked me how I was doing facing it, and oddly, I realized I really feel okay [...]

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happy birthday, sophie!

On February 22, 2009 · 5 Comments · In kiddo life

Sophie turns 5 today. Wow!

I asked her if there was anything she remembered learning as a four year old, anything that marked being four for her, and she came up with this amazing list. The year Sophie was four she learned how to:

post on a horse and hold the reins with one hand [...]

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in which luc turns 3

On October 28, 2008 · 1 Comment · In kiddo life

This weekend, Luc turned 3. Woo hoo!

Halloween birthdays are so cool.

Luc was so excited about the party, asking who would be there, what we would do, if there would be cake. Of course, at the party itself, he was all shyness and small smiles. Here is what he did [...]

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a good weekend was had by all

On July 14, 2008 · 1 Comment · In alternative building, honeymilk farm, kiddo life

Here is a shot that Sophie got of me going about my Honeymilk Farm chores this morning. I look really sleepy. She said I should put it on the blog, though, so I am. I love how her photos are from such a different perspective (three feet off the ground). Often when she takes pictures [...]

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